Nova Research Project

[JoeC]

'lowmile' , welcome to the site. What does your orange Nova have on the trim tag in the paint code field? I am just curious if has the 72-72 or different number.

[lowmile]

It has code 65-65 on the tag. mark

[Nova Research Project]

lowmile,

"I've owned about 30 68-72 novas" wow you are definitely into Novas! Nice looking car. I would love to get some facts from it. Hugger Orange was one of the three Spring release colors. Two were only available on the 70 Camaro prior to Spring of 70. The three colors were Citrus Green (43), Hugger Orange (65), and the new Sunflower Yellow (51). Have you taken any detailed pictures? This was one of the ideas Wayne Bushey and I kicked around. If not maybe we can work something out? What region of the country are you in?

Greg

[lowmile]

I haven't taken detailed pics yet but this car is a wealth of knowledge as far as original novas go. I also have a green 32,000 mile car at this time that is a nice car. I had a 9800 mile 72 SS a few months ago 4sp tac guages i have a few detail pics of it. I added the 70 wheels to it. I live in south Ga. just above Tallahassee fla.I attached a pic of the 72. mark

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I have several detail shots of Wayne's old HO car that I took on my visits to his shop. What area are you looking at?
M

Mark, is this Wayne Busheys old huggar orange nova?

[lowmile]

yep, shure is.

[Nova Research Project]

Marlin,

You know the song "Can't always get what you want..." well, I guess I am struggling on how to start the Research Project. Here is what I eventually want to have from several original Nova's. Many of you may have already done this to a certain degree and take the knowledge for granted. What Wayne and I discussed was a focused gathering of this type of information and organizing it to understand what was normally done and what was some times done. This is a big project as we have talked about before. It will never get done, but we can start it now.

VIN and Trim tag info for date sequencing. (like when did the new spring colors hit the line in 1970)

Pictures of all of the remaining decals and labels (shocks, safety label, tire pressure label, jack instructions, tune up, air cleaner, speedo cluster, gage cluster, trans lines, electrical harnesses, I can stop now if you are laughing to hard... [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/laugh.gif[/img] )

Picture of any body and part markings that identified the parts to the assembly line.

Codes off of the date coded components (engine, trans, axle, shocks, carb, radiator, glass codes, castings that can be seen without disassembly)

Pictures of the markings on the heater hoses, radiator hoses, overflow hose, spark plug wires, belts)

Pictures of the finishes on the major components, axle, undercarriage color, undercoating, paint to blackout gas tank, under the back seat, suspension.....

Basically create a Jerry MacNeish level of detail verified for the Nova. Willow run wasn't Norwood so there maybe differences. Wayne said there are a lot of Camaro guys restoring Novas. They maybe using Camaro details on a Nova that were never there in the first place. How we know?

Anybody willing to donate their data? I have a copy of the CRG database just waiting to be filled. Greg

[NOCOPO]

Greg, I will try to give you all the data you can handle. My '70 is not the most pristene, but there is a lot of "untouched" items within the car (and alot of non stock stuff too.) Best I can tell, the car I have was "hotrodded" back in the late "70s. It has a '66 283 w/TH350 from an Impala in it. Lots of those lying around in late '70. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] It was a 250PG. My car does have all the original glass, paint, sheetmetal,(except for the RF fender and FR bumper)wheels and dog dishes, jack, spare <font color="green"> </font color> and interior, (Forest Green)

Tim

[Nova Research Project]

Tim,

That is great. The more contributions the better the end result. You saw my wish list. Send me what you can. Thanks, Greg [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]